Watch this viral video of Sophia — the talking AI robot that is so lifelike humans are freaking out

Not an altogether terrible answer from Sophia, a robot that uses an early form of artificial intelligence, in an interview with Business Insider last week at Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal.

Our UK editor-in-chief, Jim Edwards, caught up with her for this interview that has gone viral on Facebook with more than 18 million views and 215,000 shares.

Watch the whole interview here:

Edwards' takeaway: Sophia's responses were good enough that "conversational artificial intelligence" is within our grasp. The animated head and torso were made by Hanson Robotics and are on a world tour demonstrating that AI is here and will be just great!